I absolutely thought those were soccer-specific. I have been guilty of using them when having soccer-related conversation, mainly because most sports media regarding that sport here in the states is very much dominated by English jargon.

Several good ideas here, but I love the idea of Olivia Colman. I only know her from Peep Show, but she was pretty much brilliant throughout, starting off as a straight-up love interest and then descending into a mad quasi-antagonist who, by the end of the show, was consistently stealing scenes. She was a little to…